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| Vol. 17, No. 16 | Jan. 8, 1998 |
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Lecture series begins tonight
Politics and Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention" is the topic of a special lecture series being offered during January. Free and open to the public, the lectures will be held at 7:30 p.m., on Mondays and Thursdays, beginning tonight, in Room 125 of Clayton Hall.
The series opens at 7:30 tonight when Morton Winston, chairperson of Amnesty International and a professor of philosophy at the College of New Jersey, will speak on "Humanitarian Rescue: Political and Ethical Dilemmas."
- On Monday, Jan. 12, Joel Rosenthal, president of the Carnegie Council on Ethics & International Affairs, will discuss "Humanitarian Intervention: The Moral Dilemmas."
- Richard Falk, the Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice at Princeton University, will speak on Thursday, Jan. 15 on "The Geopolitics of Ambivalence: The Challenge of Humanitarian Intervention."
- Speaking on Thursday, Jan. 22, will be Col. Larry Forster, director of the Peacekeeping Institute, U.S. Army War College, who will address "Military Support for Humanitarian Assistance: Problems and Prospects."
- "When Governments Go Bad" is the title of an address by Roger Winter, executive director of the U.S. Committee for Refugees, who will speak on Monday, Jan. 26.
- On Thursday, Jan. 29, William J. Durch, senior associate at the Henry L. Stimson Center, will speak on "Political Interests and Operational Quandaries."
- The series concludes on Monday, Feb. 2, with Lt. Col. Tony Simpson, military assistant for Bosnian implementation at the U.S. Department of State, speaking on "The Difficult Case of Bosnia."
The series is sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Wilmington, the Office of International Programs and Special Sessions and the Department of Political Science and International Relations.
